Popcorn-vending machine.



` G. A. LIGHTNBR.

` POPGORN vBNDmQ MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 2v, 1912,

atented Mar. 17, 1914.

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G. AvMGHTNER PoPcoN VBNDINMAOHINB. PPLITION FILED JUNE 27, 19'12.

` Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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G. A. LIGHNER. POPCORN VENDING `MACHINE. APPLloATwN FILED J'JNpg'l.l1912.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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ATTORNEYS APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1912.y gzini Patente@ Mar. 17,1914.

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y POPGOBN VENDING MACHINE.

APLIOATM\MLBD JUNE 27,1912. Baent Mar' l?, i914.

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. ,1, lll-ll.. l 1 511555151111511115155551115111,1111 $511. 5551moeders wow G.. A. LIGHTNBR. PQPUORN YENDING MACHINE. APPLICATIONPILEDNE 27,v 1912.

. Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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. w/mfssfs ATTURNEVS I'PGORN VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION PILE D JUNE 27,1912

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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"einre- SEERS, F OLUSTEE', 'KLA POPCOEN-VENDING MACHINE.

To IZZ v't0/1,0m t may concern Be it known that Goss A. Lienrivnn, aCitizen of the United States, and. a resident of Olustee, in the countyof Jackson and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and In'lprovedPopcorn-Vending*Maehine, of which the :following is a. full, Clear7 andexact description.

This invention relates .in general to a vending machine of thecoin-controlled class where the articles or merchandise areautoinni-eally measured, treated and delivered to the purclieser in1ongs iinrnislied by the clevioe, and the invention relates morepertienlarlv to a vending machine o the aboveontlinetl ehfn'aeteif in'which fresh corn is fed to the ln" ted popping drunnpoppetl for aprefletern'iinetl time.y salted, .and ce .livered to the purchaser in nlelinite sequent-e of oeration, ell of the mechanisms being actuated hva. eoin-eontroliecl device.`

The primary ol: eet of any invention is to provide :i venflir mahine ofthe aboveinclieateii eharaet which will be positive in which theiiii'erent steps eno oeefl each. other in propt sequence, nuttin whichthe actuation et .several mecha nisnzs einovefl from the control of the`einer tne leviee is once started, thereby p zevenfino' the frnnelnlentnianipn lation o1 the ymachine or 'tie releasing of notlities eieept inthe manner and zin'ioin'iis predetermined and eontrollefl by theconstruction of the Innenine.

A further objectof the invention te obtain a 'leviee of the aboveoutline@ Char meter, so constructed that n, repented or innl' tiplevenni ion by the use oi a sinfle coin would be frustrated, ani the inaelmag;Y he leftangnariled ,vitnont risk of iossirom noie-.rien

I The wheeling statements res het fen of the more important:Lievantagles oi:

the invention, and these advantages eontomplate 'many othercontributory, str iwal Conv 'entes wliieh vv ont hei-ei ineens whieh'will he pr sently explained are intended to he eezisitlerecl includingall equivalent or analogous substances, anel the forni and parteillustrated are solely for the purpose of demonstrating a 'practicalembodiment of what is believed to be a siniplo structure for accuratelydisclosing the operation.

C- ill become apparnafter, anlfl therineehainsins and Speeicaton ofLetters Patent. Application filed .Tune 27, i912.

Reference is eation,

.in vvnich similar sinrns enrnrorrien R UNE-HALE T0 ROBERT B. HOIMA,

Patented Mar. il?, MMA.

Serial No. 706,167. i

to be had to the accompanypart of this snee-i` characters of ret ereneeindicate corresponding parte in all the figuresj Figure l 1s and inWhicha Jfront elevation of n pre` erred embodiment of my invention withthe covering removed and showing' the ternal mechanism supported fromthe frame.

ti ve posit-ion;

Fig. L snowing the the limit of lwith said meehainsin in its normalinopera- Fig. 2 is a View similar to main actuating frame at .showingcertain parts of the heatinghood broken away to {lise-lose the internalmechanism of' popping device; 3 is e side of the device shown in Q,looking frein part of the elevation Figs. l and verse sectional of Fig.l, loe arrow; Fig'.

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l Figs. l and the right-hand side of seid g'lig, 41h-fis e verticaltransviexv teken on the line /l--i hing inthe direction of the Y e is a.horizontal sectional View taken on the line of Fig'.

l looking 6 is @transverse sectional view throneh the. popping 45 ofFie, 5: FW

drinn and taken on the is a horizontal 7-7 of g 8 a transverse seetionalview of the ignition mechanism; Fig. 9 is on enlarged vertieal.transverse .sectional View taken through the heater in e plane parallelto the view oi the heater shown in 2; Fig. l0' is a vertical 'transversesectien:

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shooting the lighter in heater; l??

through the. poli-p1 the line 12m42- of tieni vi ew view tejen' en thethe motor popping inet-lie 'sectional norma-i inoperative position mainactuating frame is F l is a, view .nising Fig. H

.line 3.9- oi an enlarged sectional View its position on the a verticalsectional view ng; tleviee, enel taken on Fig. Fig. 13 is 'a vervieivthrough the timing deoperating the is a transverse the timing device inits and when the on its clown stroke;

sin'iiiar to Fig. 1.1i-, show innr the timer .in its operative position,when ,i a tne maninetuatlng-Iranie 1s in its normal position g Fig.sectional view tive position. of Fig.

i6 -is 'vertical transverse through the com plate in the inopera- .18and 19 are views similar to Fig. 16, but showing the coin plate in threesucceeding positionsv on. its

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down stroke following the position shown in Fig. 16;'Fig-20 is a rearelevation of the main actuating frame7 and taken on the line 20-20 ofFig. 3, looking in the direction of thearrow; Fig. 2l is a detailed sideelevation taken on the line 21- 21 of Fig. 20, looking in the directionofthe arrow; Fig. 22 is a similar view taken on the line 22-22 of Fig.20; Fig. 23 is a vertical sectional view taken centrally through thedevice, showing the main actuating lever and the bag-ejecting .mechanismin side elevation; Fig. 241 is a horizontal sectional view through thebag reservoir and taken on the 23, looking down; Fig. 25 isa fragmentarytransverse sectional View of the bag reservoir and taken on the line2.3-2.3 of Fig. 211'; Fig. y2G is a plan View of the bottomrplate of thebag reservoir; Fig. 27 is a detail View of a locking means forconnecting the manually controlled actuat ing leverwith the mainactuating arm in the downward movement of the former, and taken on theline 27%27 of Fig. 23 looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 28 isa vieiv similar to Fig. 27 but showing the device in its unlockingposition, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 23; Fig. 29 is a transversesectional view showing the corn-measuring device and taken on the line29--29 of Fig. 3, but this device may alsobe considered as thesalt-measuring device, taken on the line 29-29 of Figui; Fig. 30 is a lthe line 30-30 of Fig. 29; Fig. 31 is a vertical sectional vievv throughthe bottom of the fuel tank and taken on the line 31-31 of Fig. 5; Fig.32 is a transverse sectional view through the ,front of the casing inline with the coin chiite, and Fig. 33 1s a perspective view showing theoutside front of myv pop-corn vending machine.

For convenience in locating and alluding to ,the several mechanisms,they will be dev:ed under separate heads, such as, irameivork 7,coin-controlled mechanism, popping mechimism, motor and timing mechanismheatingand ignition mechai, salting device, measuring de- Y. andimg-vending mechanism.

maatwerk. Preferably; the mechanism hereinafter described is mountedWithina suitably braced skeleton frame A, arranged,

as shoivn in the several figures, in the form' of a parallelopiped,which frame is prefer'- ably covered with a metal or glass casing l5,shown more particularly in Fig. 33. The face of the casingl is providedwith a frame C, which carries directions for actuating the device, andwhich is provided with a coin chute D, An actuating lever E projectsvthrmigh a vertical slot F in the face of the inachine. A sliding door Gis provided, which door controls the outlet. of the popped corn. ifdesired, a glass-covered Window lzontally-disposed and vertically H maybe disposed above the door G, so that the purchaser may see when thecorn is eady for delivery` which condition of the corn is indicated by aclapper I attached to one of the actuating mechanisms sounding a .70bellK at the cessation of operation of the device. y Positioned in frontof the face of the casing is a reservoir L, adapted to hold folded.paper bags, which bags are to be used by the purchaser to carry thepop-corn delivered through the outlet. A, suitable registering dial M isdisposed on top of the casing and suitably attached to any of the'Working parts of the mechanism.

Cota-controlled mechanism-Extending transversely across'the face of theframe and forming a part thereof, is a pair of hori spaced apart ribs100, 101. Bridging these tvvo ribs is a vertically-extending `Hsliapedplate 85 102, projecting upwardly from the cross piece 103 of which H isa yoke 104, the recessed portion being substantially semi-circular andof a size to fit dimensions of t-he coin intended to be used inactuating them, machine. Positioned immediately in rear of this yoke104, is a vertically-movable coincarrying plate 105, said plate formingpart of a rectangular main actuating frame, which frame also comprisestwo members 10G, 107, disposed parallel to each other and to the plate105. The members 10G, 107 are fastened together at the bottom by ahorizontally-extending plate 108, and are fastened together at the topby an integral 10o horizontal plate 109, the plate 105 boinar disposedbetween the members 10G and 107. The member 106, hereinafter referred toas the motor Winding rack extends above the connecting plate 109 and hasits upper 105 end pivoted by means of a bifurcated link 10, to the outerend ofthe main actuating arm 111, the opposite end of which arm issuitlably pivoted by means of a bracket 112 to a horizontal..member 113constituting part 110 of the framework A at the back of the (levice,which arm 1 11 is actuated by means of the main actuating lever E in amanner hereinafter described.

All of the mechanism hereinafter de- 11a scribed mightbe actuateddirectly from the main actuating lever E, but in this case certain ofthe devices would be maintained in operative position, as, for instance,the heater would be maintained in open position Wasting the fuel, andfor that reason it is desirable that after having once started themechanism, the future actuation of the same euremoved from the controlof the operatol',`so that the mechanism. is actuated from the arm 111and the main actuating lever E is automatically disconncvtaal from thearm 111 when the lever E has reached the limit of .its downwardmovement.

Thecoimcarrying plate 105 is maintained -Tliis complete movement in bothdirections is controlled by a pswl 140 `(see Figs. 16 to 18), in theforni oi a iever pivi'sted to e bracket 141 mounted on the rib 101,which pawl 1110 has a nose 142 in engagement With the teeth 302 formingrack on the bach' of the member 106. The end of the pawi 14.0 oppositethe nose 102, is eoinlected under ten sion te the rib 101 by ineans oita spring 143. A downward movement oi the motor-wind ing rack 106 ispermitted, the teeth 502 siiding by the nose 142 es the nose 'l againstthe act-ion of the spring1 1/13, this case the pawl 140 being inclinedagainst the action 0f the spring 1h13, as shown more particularly inFig. 18. Interruption oit the teeth occurs et the point 'Where tbemember 106 has reached the limit of its movement in either direction,permitting;` the pnwl to be acted upon by the spring 1413 and to assumethe upwardlydnclinefi position shown more particularly in Fig. 16,thereby permitting the retreat oi? the coin-carrying; framework to itsinitial position. The mein actuating frame in its downward movementactuates the several mechanisn'is hereinafter de* scribed. I

I'ojlp/nf/ mee/zensm..- reservoir 200 adapted to contain fresh unpoppedcorn, is disposed at the upper right-band corner of the freine A, asshown more particuiariy in Figs. 1. 2 and 3, from the bottom of whichreservoir extends a corn. chute 201,

the passage o'ii corn therethrough being controlled and the cornmeasured, by a nie ik ing device hereinz'iitter described. ii'ie f nteterminates in the opening .292 of a ri-zvelu ble popping;` drinn 203, wlich drinn 'is inclosed in n verticaly-entcnding hoo/l 201, the upperend ci wbich bood is conraetecl and projects through the top ci thecasing lf3 and is clipped by ineens of a cowl 205i. The hood has aseries of openings 20G die posed, about the saine above the top of thedevice, so as to permit oit the escupe of the products o en xn generatedby the burner liereinali described The eornuopping uri is suitebiymounted nnen a shaft 20"?, onev enti ci? which is suitabiy jonrnaled inthe side oit the frame i end the other end in the meter he einafterdescribed. The drinn 203 compris two spacednpart side plates 209, l2),which plates are connected by ineens trim liynmposed,

air of eoneentrically-dis osed peroor' a ri. bands 210, 211, the outer.and 210 eej ing armed of a plurality of ai'eli-shaped,` pei..\i'atedframes212 suitably pivoted from the bottoni of. the machine. lnterrnefdiete the length oi' the lever 215, isV pivoted the lower end of a reachrod 217, the upper end of which rod is pivotally connected to the erin111, so that when said arm is moved down, the tripper 214 Will engagethe track 213 -o the lower frame'212, de-

pressing the hitter to open the lower sectionv ont the outer 210, inorder to dumpv therefrom all refuse and small particles which siftedthrough the inner band 211 in the preceding actuation of tbe device,into a refuse tank 218 (see Fig. 12). The tripper 211i is maintained. inalinernent with the lever 215 by ineens of a spring 219, said tripperbeing hinged to escape frein the wire track. or stop 213 when 'thetripper returns to its upper position", the freine 212 escaping from.the tripper just lefo4 "tbe latter rea-ches the limit of its downwardmovement, as shown in Fig.

Extending irons. and integral with the out-- side of the plete 209, isthe larger base of on open-ended 'frustoronical ineinber 220.

.tive to the shaft .Y within and in uxtaposition to thv. connection ofthe member 220 with the pli-.te 2021", that the corn Wiii pass tlirenhsaid apei into the inner band or ,lrin'n 211. if olie 209 has a concen-Mining 222 outlined by the tunnel-shaped me1nthe smaller end o bei' 223,arranged in the forni of the frustuni of a cone, the larger end of whichmember extends seine materiel distance beyond the pinnqq. "uw (s e-b dpato it .ino uinnna .es niet a ove a ownwardly- 1t will bey understoodlthat the Corn re-l leased from itsl reservoir passes through the eliute201 into tlie frusto-eonieal nieinoe'l' 220 and ted into the inneil bandll tlii'ongli the apertures 'llnongli a` ineeliziniein hereinafterdescribed, 'the drum l., the snmll particles. elmll, &e., passingil'nfongli the fnbifio forming this di'lnn and 'tolling' into theeonipzuftinent formed between tlie bands or drums 210 and 2li. A s tlieTotziting drinn loses iteI n1oi'nentnm the corn n'liieli lmslieenpopperfl 'ny tlie action of the lient gfenerntecl by the borner disposedbeneath the rotating' dre-.im Will fall tliienfrl'z f dnnipetl into thereceptacle 218 when tliede- 'vice is n'gnio anointed.

lila/507' md z'mfffref/ ynfcemfnsm.-ln ozdei io rotate the poppingdevice, a Spring-ae` tuntezl motor 300 is mounted on the ribs; 100 ,findlOl. in reni of the motor-Winding reel( 106. smid motor being of fini'y`snit-allie eonstrnf'tion, and. :n shown: has :t Winding gen1- fll inmeel) with tlie'teeth on the reel" of smid niolor-Winding mola By snitnlile eonneetion.V the downward movement of the met: 206 will Winti aSpring' 3635, from nllieli motion conveyed through n Snitnlile tt'fxinof genre 304 to ft pinion l305 monnted on tlie elmtt Q07. The rotationof tlie trein ot genre and drnni'is controlled oy :1. timing nieelmniem.'which timing meeheniem (kompl-ieee n threaded screw 306 forming port.of ille train of gears. Disposed in rem of the Sei'ew and pnrallellv dis,osed

worrying n, looking-nut 309, adapted to foil in in position on 1iniortion of tli'e threaded dotted Vines in Fig. 13. oy the engagementrelntive tlieeto. is :1 trae-l 30'?, slidooljgf ,rfionntefl upon Wlnehtraf-k l# :i Cari-lage into eontnet. with the seven' 306. t noi-nmlinitial find lookingl poeition., this nut sev-en' 'furthestrenoverlffroz'n the motor 300, und l oi n nngmi fil() projectingi'orvzitdlf t'iom the infringe 305K sind linger Bllongmfmg atxinnle-slinpefl frame 339 comprising tne :oww F516. the tmek 307, :inclhinting rods ,27. 32S. .vl'iieli rods extend parallel to tlie vlzervvr:intl truuk. the mill-35E fiuftlies Serv- 4"it L er :i yJop mtlienpwardmove!nent of l,t i. leve" .296 hereinafter fleseriieii, :md 'sinon-'nmore particularly in "n tie witlidiziWn after it.-Y

lnflfl in this ponition` es slifm'n Y beneath :i shoulder 311, formingone end of is rotated on its slitft 20? for a number ot' revolution@`depending upon zi'tilningineclinnisni also hereinafter described. TheCe1iti'ifugal force of the i'otating drinn will -3,0, maintain.' thecorn ngainet the inner band l t l tion of the frame Shown in Fig. 14.

kSion of the Spring' 32 The attiiating lever E in its initial movementon its down stroke, contacts 'with the zum 312 of a 1oell erenl levei`pivoted to the freine. A et BIL-lf. The end of the upwardly-extending2mn 815 of tlie, loell crank lever 313 is pivoted to the end of :i link316, the opposite end of which is pivoted to :in ctnfiting lever 31T,the upper end of which lever is pivoted to the frame A at 318 and thelower end of which lever is free to act on the carriage 30S, to move thesume to the left, as shown in full lines in Fig. 13. On the fetu'in oi"the actiiating' level' E to its normal position shown in Fig. l, thesystem of levers end 317v isy returned to its original position by meansof the tension spring tlnttaclied Vto the frame A and to the lever 317.4

The locking nut 309 isA normally maintained ont of engagement, with thescrew 306 bye plete 321. which. plate extends parallel to the screw 305and so disposed that the Carriage 308 will ride thereon, the plate beingresiliently -maintined in raised position by tension Spring 322 attachedto one endet said plate7 the opposite end of which plate issnitably'pivoted to the locking' arm 323, which looking firm has itsupper end pivoted at 324 to the top p0r- Tlie Continued downwardmovement of the arm 312 acted on by the mein levei1 E, will move thecziriiege 308 to the left, as shown in full lines'in Fifi'.` 13, `butout of engagement with the screw, as The upward movement of thehorizontal plete 108 will lering the same in Contact with the outer endoll e lever' which lever is fnlernmed, in-

termediate its length,v on a lime-liet 'v El? oariied onftop of the rib100, the oppositeinnev: end of Wliieli lever is conneeted by means ofelink 328 to the lower edge of the plate 321, so that. the upwardlmovement of tlie actuating lever E Carrying with it tliemnin actuatingframe hereinafter described, will lower the plete 321 feting against theteniii permitting the loelring nut 3159 to 'fall .into engagement with`the screw i306.

The drum and its actuating; parte :im no.n-

molly looked inf inoperative position bv.

means of n` vertieelly-disposed arm 329 of L 1- .n .,9 lfl n 1f mv. aoeil ement: lefei 300; nlneli Jen (.rnn i sei is pivoted et 553i io thelower portion of the freine A, seid anni having :i lient pertionholding* the drinn tromrotation by engaging between the Wires formingthe tracks 2L? of.' eneli of the frames 212. The. horizontallj/lieposediufm of the bell crank levei is disposed nelow :1nd in the pzitlt of theLehnped' plete fil-iL forming pmtv oi liv tine pmie Dope/'nich in tinnin nemfitetl tu? tlie main lever E, teaches tlie limit ot iw. I

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`hereinafter -an integral part thereof.l

a' valve seat/111, permitting the its downward movement, it disengagesthe locking bell crank lever 330 from its engagement with the poppingdrum as shown in Fig. 2, the bell crank lever being returned to itslocking position by means of a spring 442 (see Fig. l). The drum andgear train are free to rotate under theaetien ofthe spring 303, and theplate 321 is held downward by the engagement of an arm on the burnerhereinafter described with a notch 334. The carriage 30S travels 0n thescrew 306 to the right to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 13,until it is engaged under and is stopped by the shoulder 311 described.this limiting position, it moves thelocking arm 323 to the right,disengaging the lever 323 from its connection with the cover of theburner, at 334, acting against the tension of the spring 335, the bellcrank lever 330 being released to lock the drum from rot-ation by meanshereinafter described. By this construction, it will be seen that thepopping drum is given`a number of rotations depending upon the threadson the screw 306. A suitable governor 336 is connected with the geartrain 304 to regulate the speed of rotation of the drum. -On the nextactuation of the main actuating plate, the lever 326 will be deprived ofits supporting plate 108, permitting the plate 321 to be raised out ofengagement by the spring 322, and the end 319 of the lever 31S will, atthe same time, act on the carriage 30S to move the same to the left ofthe screw 306, as shown in Figs. 13 and 14.

ing the rotation ot the drum containing the .oorn, the same is subjectedto heat generated by a burner 400 disposed beneath the drinn and at thebottom of the hood 204. 'lhis burner is suitably positioned on a bracket1.01, which in turn is supported by the bottom portion ot' the JframeiX. As shown more particularly in Fig 9, the burner comprises a trough402, containing asbestos or other suitable packing 403 covered b ascreen 404. In fluid connection with t e trough 203 and depending there`from, is a tube 405 also containing asbestos, and leadin f to the bottomof this tube is a relatively ong, exible, metallic pipe 406, theopposite end of which is in ilud connection with a trap 407 disposedbeneath a fuel tank 408, as shown more particularly in Fig. 31, whichtank, in this instance, is suitably positioned below the corn reservoir200, as shown in Fig. 3, and attached to the frame A by means of straps400. The tube 405, pipe 400 and trap 407, form, in eti'ect, a broad Usiphon. The trap 407 has an open top and telescopes a tube 410 dependingfrom the tank 408 and uelerably 'forming The lube fll0 has4 fuel fromlinto thetrap 407.

As it approaches,

the tank 408 to pass through the The valve opening 411 is controlled bya valve 412, the valve stem niet .4,19

413 ot which extends into the trap 407, tere' y minutes a short distanceabove the bottom of said trap, and is guided in its movement by means ofa spider 414 outlining the lower end of the tube 410.

The trap 407- is maintained in positioi relative to the" tank 408 bymeans of a tension spring 415, which tension spring suitably engafresthe pipe 406 adjacent the trap 407 and as its opposite end connected toa tension-regulating screw 416 in threaded engagement with a bracket 417projecting from a tank 408.

By thc above outlined construction, itwill be seen that the weight ofthe vfuel .in the trap 407 acts against the tension of the spring 415,t'o maintain-the bottom of the trap out-of engagement with the stem 413,permitting the valve 412 to rest on its seat 411,. and in this way thefuel is siphoned from the trap 407 through the pipe 406, tube 405,#tothe asbestos 403 in the trough 402. The consumption of the fuelgradually lessens the tension on the spring 415, permitting the trap 407to` raise, which movement permits the bottom of the trap to .act on thestem"413, opening tht-valve .412, per-L mitting the introduction offresh fuel into the trap 407. The weight of the added fuel forces thetrap away from the stein 413, and in that way the liquid fuel isautomati cally fed'to the'burner as needed. The burner isv normallycovered by means ot a curved "plate 418, said plate being supported onopposite sides of the burger by means.y

of verlically-extcnding arms .410. each ot which arms is loosely mountedupon a shaft 420` encircling which shaft and having one end ot' eachattached thereto, is a paient springs 421 (see Fig. 4), the opposite endot each ot' which springs engages the arms 410 and places these armsunder tension, so as to normally maintain the cover in position closingthe heater 400. The outermost arm 410 has extending therefrom at anacute angle, a relatively long arm 422 terminatin in a linger 423, whichfinger engages the notch 334 on the locking arm 323, hereinbeforedescribed. This engagement m'aintains the cover inl-,open position untilit released by the carriage 308 contacting with said arm 323, ashereinbefore described. Projeetingat right angles from the long arm'422, is a contacting L-shaped angle plate 441 disposed beneath and inthe path of the downwardly-movable main actuating frame, so that saidfran'ie contacts with the late 441 (,see Fig, 7) lowering the arm 422nul l nut reaches the limit of its movement. ln other words, the burneris brought into open position at the end of the down stroke of theactuating lever E and is maintained in that position for thepredetermined length of time it has taken the locking nut 309 to travelalong the screw 30G. When the finger 423 is disengaged from the notch324, the arm L22 acting under tension ot the springs 426, returns thelever and its attached cover 418 to its initial position, closing theburner L1-00 and extinguishing the flame.

I have provided an automatic ignition system, which comprises a sparkingdevice consisting of a roughened peripheral wheel 424 (see Figs. 8, 9and 10), loosely mounted on a shaft 425 in a'box 420 disposed adjacentthe burner 400.y which box' supports a carborundum stone 427, infrictional contact with the periphery of the wheel 124, by ineansof asuitable bracket 428. Sparke fromvthe carhorundinnstone light on thewick 4.29, the free endet which is positioned within the burner 4-00 andleads by means of a wick tube 430 to a reservoir i251 of conilnistilolefluid.

ln order to rotate the wheel 424. there is attached to the arm 111 oneend ot a reach red the other or lower end ot which is attached to an arm433 exterior of the' hood 204, which arm is rigidly mounted upon ashat't 4134 (see Figs. e, and 7), which shaft. also carries a second arm435 within the hood 201i. 'llie :u 423 and 435'and shaft terni. inelt'ect, a. bell. crank lever. The arin 4- vhas a let 4.30 thereinadjacent the free end. said .slot having ay pin 437 forming a piii-iiiil-slot connection with a rack 43S, which racl; meshes with a pinion 430loosely mounted upon thc shaft 425 carrying the wheel 424. A onewi'ayclutch l'T40 connects the pinion eli-l0 with the wheel 424. The teeth ofthe clutch' 1&0 are so arranged that the downward m-f .fument of the rodi232 causes the pinion 430 to run idle on the shaft but the upwardmovement ot the arm 111 after 'it has been released from its connectionwith the lever lll, rotates the rack 43B in a direction te -ilri ve the.wheel I*l2-i on (he caiiioiuiidiiin stone. causing this sione to spar-ikand ignite the wirk` the llame of which wirk in ini-n tires the bui-nei'AVVl00. ly this construction, it will be #een [hat the burner is :notignited unt-il the :ii'in ll l is on its return movement altei' havingcompleted its down stroke and not unt-il the drinn has sl a rled torotate under the control of the timing mechanism hercinbetore described,and only when the arniy 11i is disengaged troni lliclever E, andtherefore is beyond the control ot the operator.

lt will be seen from the above. that the burner il: not lighted untilatl-ei' the corn is in the pepper and the drum about to start on itscycle of rotation. '0f course. the clos ing of the burner at the end ofthe cycle of rotation of the popping drum, will extinguish the llame inthe burner.

Salt/ng cefalea-Itis desirable that after the corn has been popped andis ready to be delivered to the purchaser, the same be automaticallysalted, and with that object in I view, there is provided asaltreservoir 500,

having depending therefrom a salt conduit 501. the lower end of whichterminates Within the delivery chute 224, which chute 501 has ameasuring and delivering mechanism hereinafter described, positionedintermediate its length, so that a final movement in the cycle ofoperations described, with ret`- erence to this device,'would he toautomatically deliver a measured quantity ot' salt on to the popped cornWithin the chute 224. T he 4salt is measured and its passage through thesalt conduit 501 is controlled by means of a pair of spaced-apart leafvalves 502 in opposite sides of the conduit 501. The upper valve 502 hasone end pivoted to a bracket- 504 (see Fig. 5) suitably supported by theframe A, and a link 505 attached to the valve 502 on the side oppositeits atis pivoted toa lever arm 506. the upperend ot which is pivoted at507 to the rib 100 and the lower end ofiwhich arm is connected by meansot a link 508 to the drum 22, intermediate its length.

lThe val-ve 502 is normally maintained in its position closing theconduit 501.. by means of a spring 509 (see Fig. 5) having one endattached to the valve 502 onthe side carrying the connection of the samewith the rod 505, said spring'having its cpposite end suitably'atiachedto the bracket 504. The lower valve503 has one end suitably pivoted tothe conduit 501 and has its opposite end pivoted to` a rod 510, whichrod is also pivoted to the lever arm 506. By this construction, it willbe seenthat an amount of salt dependino upon the distance between thevalves a02 and 503, is carried in the space between these valves, and inthe normal is open and the lower valve 503 is closed, permitting thesalt to flow from the reservoir 500 into the compartment-formed'vbeftween these two valves. The final movement ot ,closing theburner actuates the valves,y closing the upper one and opening the lowerone, thereby permitting the escape of the salt contained between the twovalves into the chute 224.

Measuring Je'vcef--A limited quantity of nnpopped corn is fed from thehopper 200 at each actuation of the machine. The passage of the cornthrough the chiite 201 is cont rolled and the corn measured by ameasuring device 000 (see Figs. 29and 30) which l measuring devicecomprises two spacedand 503, each valve extending vtlirough a slottachment to the bracket 504, which link 505 position ot the valves, theupper valve 502 I ieaf valves 'S01 and the upper 001 their@ pivotedbracket 603 ried hj the chute 201Y and 'moving into d chute 201 througha slot 6% in one side The valve 601 normally held one' end 'of which ison the side of the chute opposite the pivotal connection with thebracket 603, the other end oi'eaid spring heilig attached to anextension 606 orming port ot the bracket (303-. The end of the valve1501 having!I the spring attached thereto, has projecting` therefrom anangle pin (,307 movable in a slot G08 in one oi" a ,heli c ink*1 lever600, the opposite arm G10 ol? which hell crank lever is disposed in the1 ath et and below the arm 111, so tha when arm 111. in its normallyraised posion. eho'ivn in Fig. it will 'permit the spring 305 to not,normally closing the valve 601. 'ihe downward action of the arm 111 willact against the tension of the spring 005 to open the valve601,'per1nitting corn reef. eosed hy a Spring 605, attached to the valveto drop 'from the reservoir :200 on to the valve (E 'he return ofthe'arm 111 will..

of cou rmit the valve (S01 to close, ther-eh; no; cti' the sui ply otcorn from ino'i'enient et the arm 111 i released from the actuating rm111 will hear on arm nk lever 012, the other arni ff oeil crank lever isconnected hv means e' a pinandslot connection i314, tic pin (315 et`which extends from the free ond o'lE the iou'er valve 002, the oppositeend of which ralveis suitably pivoted lo the lu'aclcr 0021 and entersthe chute 201 in the opposite to that in which the valve G01 t will heseen that the upward nio-:ement of the arm 1.11 first permits the nppfzrvalve to close, and as the arms 51.()

:and 311 are some material distance apart, "o, :nown in Figs. 2 andlever it, till oil a. 013 ot wi 23, Said arm 111 will, a iter a unit oftime, act upon the upper nrni 011 to open the lower valve and to holdthe same in open position against the action of the spring 5316. h

The device herein described. tor vmeaeuring the corn may he substitutedtor the device hereinhe'lore described for measuring the salt.

)'i/.zf/-w/mr/'Zwg frnc/f'rem'sm.lt ie desirable inn machirn: ot thischaracter, to supply 'l'oided paper bags in which to carry` the poppedcorn. rlfhe hug; reservoir or container il disposed in front oi themachine, whichro' :rroir has a slot 700 in the bottoni o? the 'ironttace thereof, the bottom ol l a paper has; through which reservoir isdefined h v a plate 701 projecting; in 'liront ot' the reservoir` the,`lront edge of which plate is recnssrzil, shown at 702, in ordm" tofacilitate thcl grneping o" the. `liront portion ot.' a projerti inghay. The lowest 'nag o'f the. st: :it olf l noeegmo folded bags in thecontainer L, is projected through the slot 700 by means of an ejectorplate 7 03 (see Fig. 28), which plate is positioned in the slot 704; inthe rear of the reservoir and has a'4 pair of ltransversely spaced-apartdependinpl lugs 705' movable in a pair of transversely-disposed slots706 in the bottom plate 701. The plate 703 is pivoted hv means of apina1ids1ot connection 707 to an arm 708 carried by a shaft 709, whichshaft is supported by a bracket 710. Also rigidly mounted jupon theshaft 709 is an arm 711, forming 'with the arm 708, a heli crank lever.The end of the arm 71.1 is connected hy means of a reach rod 712 to thearm 111 adjacent its pivotal connection. The bag is Withdrawn fromtheplate 701. in folded condition, is then opened and disposed over thelower end of the chute to receive the popped and salted corn when thedoor Gr is raised.

07)eration- Assuming all of the parts to he in the position indicated inFig. land the requisite. coin inserted in the slot D, the operator willbring the lever E from the position shown in full lines in Fig. to the-oeition shown in dotted lines in said figure.

ie lever in its downward movement carr r with it the arm 111 which armacting through the reach rod 712 (see Fig. 23), will also act on theplate 703 to partly eject the slot 700, and, at the same time, acts onthe rod 432 to move the rack 1138 of the igniter into position tonctuate the sparking device on the return inm'ementof this rod. At thesame time, the arm 611 of the hell crank lever 612 being deprived of thesupport a-i'orded by the arm 111, permits the spring 616 to open thevalve 602, so that the corn will fall by lgravity through the chute Q01into the inner compartment of the corn-popping drum within the hand 211.This same movement of the a m 11.1 acts on the rod 217 and lever 215,110open the louer 'frame 212 and to dump from the outer drum 210, allrefuse ren'iainingg'from a previous operation of the machine. i Afurther movement of theactuating; lever E in its downward movement,causes it to contact with the arm 312, and acting through the system oflevers 315, $110 and '1317, moves the carriage 30S into its startingposition shown in `full lines in Figs, 13 and 14. The continuation ofthemovement of the arm Q15 causes the tripper 214 to escape .l'rorn itsengagement with the track @EL permitting the lower of the trames 212tope wird upon by the spring 2LT, to return the 'traine .512 to itsnormal closing'position.' As the. plate 10S ol` the y. It,

coin-varrying' Vl'rnnu approaches he limit of its downward inovmnent,il'` engages the L- ,-,hnpe l pluie carried .hv the arm "-122 nt achedto the cover olE the burner and lowers this arm until the finger 423engages the inael'iine a cein-centrclied i ame having; a thereinprin/'iced with a dising, a coin-car 'ying plate liav- 'ing e cointlierein in cenimin cation. with said Opening in one pesitieni theplate; member for clcsing said opening, meansactneted during theincrement ci. the 'plate Pennini icating po ien for said rn 'cn Le ci.said said ine-uber. ea s f en said te nieve tlic .same

311 lli 'O weaningcoin-centrcled mechanism cornpning vertically fin meil* 'frame including tive 'ened together, ene ci eeh-carrying 'plate i...rein anf. the other having' :i rac 'thereon ecin detecte,-.;, a coinf-.r et min-carryte rotate 4in a, cci n mein beinc-ans ard. de-

rever stump; for l '."tien said said deposition eein carrying' te be i.Vand lyceenne turning the said coin-carrying f'anie and arm to theinitial position.

7. ln a vending. machine, a coin-controlled mechanism ccnnjn'isingv amain. actuating lever, an arm7 actuated by the lever, a main actuatingtraine provided with a coincarrying plate, the said :frame 'beingpivotally connected with one end of the said arm, the ctlicr end citsaid ar'ni being pivotally connected with the traine of the machine, thesaid coin-carrying plate having a coin recess adapted te receive a coin,means for li'nzliing the cein carrying plate in position to receive acoin, means controlled by a coin in. said recess fer unlockingr the eeincarrying 'plate to permit the main actuating; 'traine te be moveddownward and miams fer ejecting' the coin from the recess when thecoin-carrying frame is en its down stroke.

8. Tn a vending machine., a coin-centrclled mechanism ccinnrisingr atraine having); a coin chute provided with a discharge opening, Yactuated by the lever en the down stroke of the latter. main actuatingframe connected with the said arm and provided with a a coin therein incommunication with 'nid cein opening' ef the clinte in ene position etthe id plate, means for locking the coin nl e in nos tien when there isne ccin in the mei-ins ccntrlled by a coin in said recess ter unlocking'the plate te permit tlie aid 'l5 [me to move. downward when the leveren the said arm, means 'for c iecting tlie cein 'frein the recess whenthe coin-carrying aine en its down stroke, and means ier retm'ning; thesaid :nain actuating' frame te its normal raised position.

Q. in a'venfiing machine, a @ein Controlled .ineclianisun comprising ayn iain actuating leiverg mechanism adapted te be actuated by said leverduring the streke of the latter in one directicin and including a frameand a ecin carrying' device forming' part of said ame. ine-ans 'forlocking the frame with the @ein carrying dtvice in position to receive aGein. and means centrelled by a carried by' said coin carrying devicefor unlocking' the said traine te permit the mechanism te be :moved bythe lever.

10. la a vending machine, a coin centrclled mechanism comprising a mainactuating' lever, a main actuating arm adapted 'to lne actuated by thelever 0n tlie down stiel-:e ott the latter,v mechaai adapted te neactuated by the said arm aint inelnivig iframe, a coin carrying plate'.ern'iiiegg part et said frame, means for locki-` 'iin-e aid `iframe.in the initial. posit-ion, and is eentrelled. by a coin inserted in theeemV carrying plate for unlocking the said frame te permit the saidmechanism to ee actuated by the arm on the downward movement the lever.

plate., tlie saidfplate having a main actuatinf lever, an ar1n

